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Knowingness

noun

Having knowledge of. Synonyms: awareness, cognisance, cognizance, consciousness. "His sudden consciousness of the problem he faced" , "Their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"

Shrewdness demonstrated by knowledge.

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"Knowingness" Quotes from Famous Books

... actuality. But his real eminence and extraordinary attraction lie in his spirit and philosophy. We feel from his writings that he is nearer to Nature than other men, and yet more truly civilized. The competitive, towny culture, the queer up-to-date commercial knowingness with which we are so busy coating ourselves simply will not stick to him. A passage in his Hampshire Days describes him better than I can: "The blue sky, the brown soil beneath, the grass, the trees, the animals, the wind, and rain, and stars ...

— Green Mansions - A Romance of the Tropical Forest • W. H. Hudson

... "Nihil humani alienum a me puto," and my time has not been actually squandered in the theft of Procrastination, but rather employed in the proper study of Mankind, and acquiring a more complete knowingness in Ars Vivendi. ...

— Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. • F. Anstey

Words linked to "Knowingness" : cognisance, perspicaciousness, cognisant, incognizance, cognizant, knowing, incognizant, feel, sense, unaware, self-awareness, astuteness, perspicacity, shrewdness, aware